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ADVENTURE ISLAND

Cartoonish lemurs, French cuisine without the distasteful price tag, and spectacular sunsets – Madagascar has much to offer if you’re prepared to forego some creature comforts. There’s even a hidden gay scene. Feature and photography by Marc Andrews.

When you’re told the island of Madagascar, off the eastern coast of Africa, is something special, believe it. Cut off from mainland Africa, evolution has powered along at its own pace and, like The Galapagos and Australia, isolation has created unique species of animals and plants that you won’t see anywhere else. Five per cent of the world’s animals and plants are endemic to the island including the oh-so-adorable lemurs and the oh-so-impressive ancient baobabs trees.

Sometimes referred to as “the red island” due to the rich colour of the soil, the world’s fourth biggest island boasts 5,000km of coastline and the fifth largest coral reef.

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DNA #211 is jam-packed with features. Gay In Trump's USA interviews a variety of Americans to find out how they're coping in a Trump world. WWF Pro-wrestler Anthony Bowens talks about his boyfriend, being bisexual and what he thinks of wearing those tight-fitting lycra onesies. Nick Cook catches up with music and media legend Molly Meldrum in a fascinating follow-up interview. Justin Trudeau turns up at Toronto Pride, and cover model Blane is fit and bulge-tastic on the cover!
In the Photography department, we take Joseph Vumbaco’s invitation to join his beautiful naked male models in bed to discover the fine line between pornography and art. Our Pin-Up Boy is the one-and-only Willy Wagtail, who strips off and goes for a swim in one of the most picturesque rivers.
Grooming Editor-At-Large Will Fennell helps us choose the right fragrance, Dear Diva calls it like it is ("You're a piece of ass!"), and The Deplorables continue to disgrace themselves!
We chat with pop-star-reality-TV-star Melissa Tkautz, talk the comedy of The Family Law with Ben Law, find out what Harry Cook has been up to, discover that electro-pop pioneer Alison Moyet has a new album and Aussie tour planned, and how Mat Verevis and Ricky Martin became such chums!
All that and more!